The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong with Eric Barker
The Science of Success
The Long Term Effects of a Used Car Salesman
I think the point about context to really reveals why many of these traditional success maxims are so limited because as you pointed out in a specific context that skill set or that ability might be really powerful but in many other contexts it could be dangerous. In the short term being a jerk can really pay off and anybody who has seen a jerk get promoted or a jerk become CEO knows this at least in their their heart of hearts in the short term. It's usually often an issue of short term versus long term, he says. "To understand that nuance to understand the importance of context really allows us to really start to get our brain around how successreally works"
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